摘要:Jerry (William H. Macy), a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt...but he's got a plan. He's gonna hire two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's gonna be a snap and nobody's gonna get hurt...until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge (Frances McDormand), a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom...you betcha! , 明尼蘇達州的汽車業務員傑里, 因為被債務壓得喘不過氣來在被重重債務困擾下, 萬般無奈的他決定僱用兩個黑道混混綁架自己的老婆. 然後傑里再去向他富界甲五車的岳父要錢付贖金. 他的如意算盤是拿到這筆錢後, 分出一小筆給綁匪, 其餘的自己獨吞以償還債務問題. 然而這個精心策劃的計謀, 卻因為這兩個綁匪在路上臨檢時射殺了州警, 和兩個無辜的目擊者, 而事跡敗露. 第一次調查凶殺案. 身懷六甲的警察局長瑪吉, 剛開始完全無法將綁架案和謀殺聯想在一起. 漸漸地因為一些蛛絲馬跡讓她離聾相越來越近
